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Visiting Lived History: Questioning Firsts

Penn Global Seminar: American Race: A Philadelphia Story Charmaine, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I was accepted into the PGS course: A Philadelphia Story with spring break…

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Touching Grass, But It’s Scottish This Time

Semester Abroad: University of Edinburgh Paree, one of the Spring 2026 Global Correspondents, shares her experience here abroad during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I never used to be someone who liked going outside. From a young age, I never wanted…

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First Night in Florence with Sunsets and Friends

Penn Global Seminar: The Functions of Art Ike, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. On my first night in Florence, six hours jet-lagged and physically exhausted, I made a…

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More Than A Place: What Palermo Taught Me

Penn Global Seminar: Palermo: Empires, Migration, and Mafia By: Katrina Korendiy Katrina, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Before coming to Palermo, I thought I had a pretty clear…

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The Renaissance Awaits

Penn Global Seminar: The Functions of Art Ike, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Ciao! My name is Ike, and I’m going to Italy. I’m both nervous and excited…

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Loving the City of Brotherly Love

Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Hagje, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience here at Penn during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. “Wait, I could go to the University of Pennsylvania for exchange?” That was the first thought I…

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5 things that surprised me about academic life at Wharton

Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Marija, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Coming from Bocconi, I was not used to having much interaction with faculty beyond the classroom. I…

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A Love Letter to a Place I Don’t Fully Understand Yet

Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Elle, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Dear Penn,   Before I arrived, you were a fantasy that only resided in my dreams.   You were yellow school…

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Reflections on a Trip to Paris: What is a journal, really?

Penn Global Seminar: Paris Under the German Occupation and Its Places in [Non-] Memory Lumi, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares their experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. What is a journal? This is a question…

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Breastfeeding, the DR, and Defining My “Why”

Penn Global Seminar: Lactation and Public Health Advocacy in the Dominican Republic Gloria, one of the Spring 2026 Penn Global Seminar Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring Break. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Preparing for this trip has made me ask why I…